For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.
It would be unthinkable in Canadian public life today for the public inauguration of our supreme political figures to be accompanied by prayer.
Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's s...
My private life became public.
The public is a part of my real life.
I'm not one for a public display of my life.
Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.
Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life.
We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen.
Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.
A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.
Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.
I hadn't planned on or expected to have a public dimension in my life.
My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that.
My life, I swear, is, like, 75% public. I have a very small percentage of my life that is private. But I do keep that private life private.
I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.
A society - any society - is defined as a set of mutual benefits and duties embodied most visibly in public institutions: public schools, public libraries, public transportation, public hospitals, public parks, public museums, public recreation, publ...
I don't want to dedicate my life to getting publicity.
These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.
Senator Joseph Paine: He can raise public opinion against us - if any part of this sticks... James Taylor: Aah, he'll never get started. I'll make public opinion out there within five hours! I've done it all my life. I'll blacken this punk so that he...
The trail of lime trees outside our building is still a public loo. …where else are they supposed to go to the toilet in a city where public toilets are about as common as UFO sightings?” (pp.281-82)
